Watch display box



June 7, 1938.

B. s. K ATZ WATCH DISPLAY BOX Filed April 13, 1936 2 sheets-sheet 1 FIG.4;.

June 7, 1938. B s. KATZ WATCH DISPLAY BOX 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Filed April 13, 1956 lb g 6' BENJAMIN. s. rm 'rz,

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Patented June 7, 1938 WATCH DISPLAY BOX Benjamin S. Katz, Cincinnati, Ohio, assignor to The Gruen Watch Company, Cincinnati, Ohio,

a corporation of Ohio Application April 13, 1936, Serial No. 74,062 r 11 Claims.

This invention relates to watch display boxes and particularly to such boxes which are adapted, when closed, to provide dust-proof containers for shipping and/or storing strap or bracelet watches or other annular articles of jewelry.

It is an object of this invention to provide such a box having means therein for supporting such a watch in spaced relation from the top of the box,

, when closed.

It is a further object of the invention to provide in such a box a supporting member upon which the watch may be secured by means of its strap or bracelet.

It is a further object to provide in such a box a 7 support upon which the watch may be so arvide a top for such a box, which is movably attached to a support, which support is adapted to be normally secured to the box, but which is adapted to be removed therefrom, when desired, for the purpose of conserving space required by the box with the top open for the purpose of providing a display for the watch supported upon the support member thereof.

It is a further object of this invention to provide a watch support and display member for such a box which is adapted to have a watch or other annular article of jewelry secured thereto and prevented from excessive sidewise displacement thereon.

It is a further object of this invention to provide sremovable filler means for securing the watch support member to the base of the box.

It is a further object of the invention to provide removable decorative members of metal, or other suitable material, whereby the visual effect 4 presented by the display may be widely varied by interchanging these decorative members.

It is a further object of the invention to provide a support member for such a box, as will obscure from the eye of an observer, the space left unoccupied by the removal of the top support and its hinged top.

These and other advantages will appear from the following description taken in connection 'with the drawings.

It is to be understood that by the use of the terms wrist watc and strap watch, I do not limit myself, but that these terms are merely used as illustrative of the type of annular article of jewelry, with which my invention is especially adapted for use.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a top plan view of the box, closed;

Fi ure 2 is a front elevational View of the box shown in Figure 1;

Figure 3 is a side elevational View of the 5 box shown in Figure 1;

Figure 4 is a rear elevational View of the box, as shown in Figure 1;

Figure 5 is a top plan view of the box shown in Figure 1, with the top open; 1

Figure 6 is a side elevational view of the box, with the top open, as shown in Figure 5;

Figure '7 is a side elevational view of the box, as shown in Figure 6, but with the hinged top and removable support therefor removed from the 15 base of the box;

Figure 8 is a front elevational view of the box with the hing-ed top and removable support removed from the base, as shown in Figure '7, the position of the hinged top and its removable support having been changed for the sake of clearness;

Figure 9 is a front elevational view in section of the base of the box with the watch support, fillers, hinged top and removable top support removed therefrom, taken on the line 9-9 of Figure '7;

Figure 10 is a fragmentary plan view of the structure shown in Figure 9, partly in section; and

Figure 11 is a front elevational view of the removable watch support for the box. I

With reference particularly to Figures 1 to4 inclusive, it will be seen that the box comprises a base, generally designated I, having a top 2 hingedly secured thereto by means of a top support member designated 3. The base .I is adapted to support a watch support member, generally designated 4, which is adapted to be enclosed in the box formed by the base I and the top 2, when closed. 40

As seen particularly in Figures 1 and 5, the base I is substantially rectangular, but has the front corners thereof rounded. Centrally disposed in the base is a rectangular aperturei which is surrounded respectively by the side flanges 6, front flange I and rear flange 8, which latter or rear flange has a cut-out portion therein which is equipped with vertically extending tongues 9 for a purpose which will hereinafter appear. The side flanges 6, the front flange 1 and the back flange 8 have flat inner surfaces which terminate at the bottom -I 0 of the aperture and these surfaces are susceptible of wide variation for the purpose of presenting various decorative effects. As shown, a stepped design is provided at the lower edges of these surfaces. Suitable trim in the form of bands II, extending around the outer surfaces of the front, side and back flanges, as shown in Figures 1, 2, 3 and 4, for instance, is shown but may, if desired, be omitted. I have also shown decorative members I2 in angle form supported on the top and inner surfaces of the side and front flanges, which angles I2 may be of various metals or other desired materials of widely varying properties and colors and may be interchanged for the purpose of varying the visual effects produced by the box. These members may, naturally, be omitted when desired.

The top support comprises a vertically disposed rectangular member 3 having grooves I3 extending from the bottom edge of each side face upwardly throughout a portion of its length. The grooves I3 are adapted to receive the tongues 9 in the cut-out portion of the rear flange 8 of the base, as is shown particularly in Figure 10, and a substantial portion of the support member 3 extends upwardly above the side flanges, as seen in Figures 4 and 6. The top 2 is attached by means of hinges I4 to the top edge of the top support 3. The top 2 comprises an arcuate member I5 having fiat side walls I6 integrally attached thereto. The outer surface of the arcuate member I5 is preferably provided with trim II, as shown in Figures 1, 2 and 4, which trim is similar to that used on the respective flanges of the base I, as is indicated by the use of the identical reference numeral.

As shown particularly in Figure 5, the interior of the top member is preferably provided with decorative covering material H which may be omitted if desired. Extending from the lower edge of the material I1 is a strip I8 which extends over the hinge I4 and is attached to the inner face of the hinge support 3, as shown in Figures 5 and 8. The arcuate member I5 extends to the front bottom edges of the side walls I6 but terminates at a distance from the back bottom edges of the side walls I6 equal to the distance between the hinge I4 and the top of the side flanges 6 in order that the bottom edges of the member I5 and side members I 6 may fit closely against the top surfaces of the front flange I and side flanges 6, when the box is closed, as is shown in Figures 1, 2, 3 and 4, for instance. When it is desired to remove the top 2, which is securely fastened to the top support 3 by means of hinge I4- from the base I of the box, it is merely necessary to slidably remove the top support 3 by moving it upwardly, as shown in Figures 7 and 8. The engagement of the grooves I3 and tongues 9 is preferably so snug as to prevent accidental sliding movement therebetween so that, when the top support 3 is engaged with the back flange 8 of the base I, the top support 3 and the base I are substantially integral.

A pair of flat filler members I9 having straight back and bottom edges and top and front edges formed by a single arc are adapted to be placed at each side of the aperture 5 of the base with their outer side surfaces engaged at the bottom portion thereof with the inner side surfaces of the side flanges 6 of the base I and their bottom edges resting upon the bottom I of the aperture 5. Adapted to be disposed between the filler members I9 and snugly engaged therebetween is the above-mentioned support member 4, which comprises a substantially elliptical member 20 which has integrally secured thereto, and at each side thereof side members 2|. The major axis of the elliptical member 20 is disposed at an angle to the horizontal, as shown in Figures 6 and 7. The side members 2| of the watch support have straight back and bottom edges, which bottom edges are adapted to rest upon the bottom ID of the aperture in the base in the same manner as do the bottom edges of the filler members I9. As shown in Figs. 7 and 8 of the drawings, the side members 2I extend downwardly below the lower surface of the member 20 to support the member above the bottom I0, thus providing a space for the acconmiodation of the strap and buckle of a wrist watch. By such construction the wrist watch may be supported upon the arcuate surface of the member 20 and the strap which encircles the member will lie below the latter and be concealed in the space between the member 20 and the bottom I0 of the aperture 5. When desired, the width of the member 20 may be so increased as to permit the omission of the filler members I9, which filler members may be made of any desired material in order to enhance the decorative value of the box. If desired, any suitable form of catch or look member (not shown) may be attached at the forward edges of the top 2 and base I to secure them in closed position.

The box, as assembled, is shown in Figures 1 to 4 inclusive, closed, and in Figures 5 and 6, opened. With the box, open as shown in Figure 6, it may be disassembled by drawing the top support 3 upwardly into the position shown in Figure 7, in which the top support 3 and top 2 are removed from the base I of the box. The base I then supports the filler members I9 having the watch support 4 snugly secured therebetween. The watch support 4 may be removed from the base I by drawing it upwardly from between its position, as shown in Figure '7, between the filler members I9. A wrist, strap or band watch or any other desired piece of jewelry may be secured to the part 20 and therearound, and the watch support 4 may then be re-inserted between the filler members I9, and the watch or other article of jewelry attached to the part 20 of the watch support 4 will then be supported thereby in spaced relation with respect to the arcuate member I5 of the top 2 and will be prevented from undesirable excessive sidewise movement on the member 20 by the extension of the side members 2| upwardly above the top and forward surface of the member 20 to form flanges, as shown in Figures 6 and 7 particularly. The position of the Watch on the member 20 may be varied, as will be clear, through substantially 180 degrees in order to present the watch most effectively to the vision of an observer.

It is to be understood that the structure for the practice of my invention may be varied within rather wide limits and that the structure described and shown in the drawings is illustrative only and in no wise limiting; for instance, as above pointed out, the filler members I9 may be omitted, if desired, the decorative angle pieces I2 may be omitted or interchanged and the trim II may be omitted or may take any one of a nummember 20 may be circular, hexagonal, octagonal, square or rectangular in cross section, if found desirable. It is further to be understood that the various members may be made of any desired material and provided with any desired coverings.

It will be understood that I desire to comprehend within my invention such modifications as come Within the scope of the claims and the invention.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. A watch display box comprising a base, a top support having removable tongue and groove attachment to said base, and a top hinged to said top support.

2. A watch display box comprising a base, a watch support secured thereto, a top support slidably and removably secured to said base and a top pivotally secured to said top support.

3. A Watch display box comprising a base, a top support secured to said base by a tongue and groove connection, and a top hinged on said top support.

4. A watch display box comprising a base, a top support secured to said base by a tongue and groove connection, a top pivoted on said top supe port and a watch support removably secured to said base.

5. A watch display box comprising a base, a top support secured to said base by a tongue and groove connection, a top pivoted on said top support and a watch support removably secured to said base, said watch support being adapted to support a wrist watch secured therearound in a desired angular position.

6. A watch display box comprising a base, a top support secured to said base by a tongue and groove connection, a top pivoted'on said top support and a watch support removably secured to said base, said watch support being adapted to support a wrist watch secured therearound in a desired angular position and in spaced relation to said top.

'7. In a wrist watch display box, a recessed base having a flat bottom, a removable ovoid support, and side members carried by said support extending entirely below said support resting upon said bottom for sustaining said support in said recess above the bottom thereof to provide a space under the support, and a cover hinged at the back of the support and the box.

8. In combination, a box with a recessed base having a bottom portion, an inclined ovoid support mounted within said recess, and spaced means carried by the sides of said support and extending entirely below it for sustaining the support above the bottom of said recess and in spaced relationship thereto.

9. In combination, a box with a recessed base, an inclined ovoid support mounted within said recess, spaced means on the sides of said support and extending below the lowest portion thereof for supporting it above the bottom of said recess and in spaced relationship thereto to accommodate a wrist strap, and an arcuate cover pivoted at the back of said support adapted to enclose it with the base.

10. In a watch display box comprising a base providing a top support, a top hinged on said top support, and a watch support removably secured to said base, said watch support having an angularly disposed arcuate watch supporting surface with upstanding side flanges disposed at each side thereof between which the Watch and strap rest, said watch support comprising an annular member constructed and arranged to be encircled by a wrist watch and strap and having upright side members attached thereto at each side extending below said annular member to support the same in spaced relation to said base.

11. A watch support box comprising a base, a removable support member for a strap watch received within said base, said member having a' convexly curved outer surface and an under-surface, and upright members conforming in their upper portions in shape to the upper curved surface of said supporting member located at each side of the latter and extending beyond said upper surface of the supporting member and also extending below the under surface of the supporting member and adapted to rest upon said base and to retain a supported strap watch therebetween against lateral displacement.

BENJ. S. KATZ. 

